Brian Setzer

I never understand what you do to me,
But I'll never get right down, on bended knee.
But I cry, and I cry, and I cry.

I don't think you know you've done me wrong,
But still I've been in love now, oh, so long.
But I try, and I try, and I try,
And you don't believe me.

I give you my house, my heart, my home.
When I'm gone you're not alone.
You never hear a thing I say,
And it happens every day.

Why, why, why, why, why, why are you never home?
While I, I, I, I, I, sit here, by the phone.
'Cause I try, and I try, and I try,
And you don't believe me.

Oh lord, I give you my house, my heart, my home.
When I'm gone you're not alone.
You never hear a thing I say,
And it happens every day.

Why, why, why, why, why, why are you never home?
While I, I, I, I, I, sit here by the phone.
'Cause I try, and I try, and I try,
And you don't believe me.
Well I try, and I try, and I try,
And you don't believe me
Well I try, and I try, and I try,
And you don't believe me.

If you can't rock me
I'll find somebody that can
If you can't rock me
Don't be tellin' me I'm your man
I'm gonna turn that skillet
Up to high
Don't you tell that chick's
Too young to fry
If you can't rock me
I'll find somebody who can
I'll find somebody who can

If you can't rock me
Don't be knockin'on my door
If you can't rock me
Don't you come around here no more
I'm gonna turn that juke joint
Upside down
Dance six inches
Off the ground
If you can't rock me
I'll find someone who can

Don't be whisperin' in my ear
Tellin' me things
That I wanna hear
Dontcha be tellin' I'm your guy
Then you go and leave me high and dry

If you can't rock me
I'm gonna rock this town myself
If you can't rock me
I'm gonna tear it up
With somebody else
I may have to search
All across the land
Find me a gig
With a rock n' roll band
If you can't rock me
I'll find somebody who can

I need love, love to ease my mind;
I need to find, find someone to call mine;
but mama said you can't hurry love,
no you just have to wait,
she said love don't come easy,
it's a game of give and take.
You can't hurry love,
no, you just have to wait,
you gotta trust, give it time,
no matter how long it takes;
but how many heartaches must I stand
before I find a love to let me live again.
Right now the only thing that keeps me hanging on,
when I feel my strength, yeah, it's almost gone,
I remember mama said,

You can't hurry love,
no you just have to wait,
she said love don't come easy,
it's a game of give and take.
How long must I wait how much more can I take,
before loneliness will 'cause my heart, heart to break?
No, I can't bear to live my life alone.
I grow impatient for a love to call my own;
but when I feel that I, I can't go on,
these precious words keeps me hanging on;
I remember mama said,

can't hurry love,
no you just have to wait,
she said love don't come easy,
it's a game of give and take.

You can't hurry love,
no you just have to wait,
she said love don't come easy,
it's a game of give and take
no matter how long it takes.

No love, love don't come easy,
but I keep on waiting, anticipating for that
soft voice to talk to me at night,
for some tender arms to hold me tight.
I keep waiting; I keep on waiting,
but it ain't easy, it ain't easy when mama said

you can't hurry love no,
you just have to wait;
she said trust, give it time
no matter how long it takes.

You can't hurry love
You just have to wait,
She said love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take.

roll roll roll
bop man bop


I wanna rip it, rock it, really bop it,
Yeah, Davy Crockett
Every time I hear that wild saxophone


I wanna mambo, jambo, do my number
Hold my baby all the summer
Every time I hear that wild saxophone


I wanna rock rock rock


roll roll roll
bop man bop


I wanna flip it, flop it, really bop it,
Aaaaah, Davy Crockett
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
Every time I hear that wild saxophone

roll roll roll
bop man bop


I wanna rip it, rock it, really bop it,
Yeah, Davy Crockett
Every time I hear that wild saxophone


I wanna mambo, jambo, do my number
Hold my baby all the summer
Every time I hear that wild saxophone


I wanna rock rock rock


roll roll roll
bop man bop


I wanna flip it, flop it, really bop it,
Aaaaah, Davy Crockett
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
Every time I hear that wild saxophone

Well, I got a big old bomb and it won't be around for long,
Well, I got a big old bomb and it won't be around for long,
Well, it's a big old bomb but it gets me where I'm goin'

I got a thirty nine Ford, this only just won't die,
But I got a thirty nine Ford, this only just won't die,
Well, this thirty nine Ford might outlive you and I

Having a beer and listening to the radio
Having a beer and listening to the radio
It's got a worn back seat and a steamed up rear window

I got a big old bomb and it won't be around for long
Well, I got a big old bomb and it won't be around for long,
Well, it's a big old bomb but it gets me where I'm goin'

Well, Rev it up and go
Rev it up and go
Rev it up and go go go
Rev it up and go
Rev it up and go
Rev it up and go
Rev it up and go go go
Rev it up and go

I got a big old bomb and it gets me where I want to go

I used to search for the ideal girl
The perfect little prettyness
I used to search for the ideal world
But frankly think it don't exist
So many times I get so afraid
So many ways I felt so betrayed
We get together on a saturday night
And watch the whole world cave in

Little girl I wanna know
What you look for in a man
Is he tall, tough and handsome
With a continental teint

I just wanna be around
When the big world hits the ground
I don't wanna make a sound
When the sky comes tumblin'
Sky comes tumblin' down

I used to worry about the job that I had
I barely made enough to survive
Oh man I'm worried about the life that I live
Sometimes I barely made it home alive
But now I don't need to worry
There's no need to rush there's no need to hurry
You don't need a new job you don't need a new wife
You don't need to go far in your life

Little girl I wanna know


What you look for in a man
Does he have a lot of money
Even more than you can spend

I just wanna be around
When the big world hits the ground
I don't wanna make a sound
When the sky comes tumblin'
Sky comes tumblin' down

I used to play in a dead end band
I always ended up on my own
But now I play in a skeleton band
Nothing but skin and bones

Oh no I don't need sedation
I got my daily dose of radiation
We get together on a saturday night
And watch each other's hair fall out

Little girl I wanna know
What you look for in a man
Does he sell a lot of records
With his californian band

I just wanna be around
When the big world hits the ground
I don't wanna make a sound
When the sky comes tumblin'
Sky comes tumblin' down

Setzer

Well, it ain’t everyday that Hepcat gets the blues
Every once in a while, maybe just a week or two

Well, I don’t got nothing to worry about
The kids take off and momma screams and shouts
It ain’t everyday that Hepcat gets the blues
Every once in a while, not very often

Well, they say a man has to work from sun to sun
But a woman’s work it ain’t never ever done
If I work my knuckles right down to the bone
You better have that supper at the table at home
It ain’t everyday that Hepcat gets the blues

When Hepcat gets the blues
There’s nothing nobody can do
The wind starts blowin’ and the sky gets cloudy and gray
Ain’t nothing nobody can say
Get on your hands and knees and pray
It ain’t everyday that Hepcat gets the blues

Here we go
Go ahead Cat

When Hepcat gets the blues
There’s nothing nobody can do
The wind starts blowin’ and the sky gets cloudy and gray
Ain’t nothing nobody can say
Get on your hands and knees and pray
It ain’t everyday that Hepcat gets the blues

You better just hope that I don’t come lookin’ for you
‘Cause I just don’t know exactly what I’m bound to do

I’m gonna drink Jack Daniel’s right off the floor
Get a quart of beer and baby holler for more
No, it ain’t everyday that Hepcat gets…
It ain’t everyday that Hepcat gets…
Ain’t everyday that Hepcat gets the blues

Here's a little game called hide and go seek
Put your hands over your eyes and please don't peek
You stay here til I find you
And when I find you baby I'll tell you what to do
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
I love to play games with you
Here's another game called kissing in the dark
We can play it in my room or over in the park
I'll go turn the lights all out
And when the game is over you know what it's about
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
I love to play games with you
Here's a little game called hide and go seek
Put your hands over your eyes and please don't peek
You stay here til I find you
And when I find you baby I'll tell you what to do
Baby wasn't that good
Oh honey, wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
I love to play games with you
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
Oh honey, wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
I love to play games with you

Here's a little game called hide and go seek
Put your hands over your eyes and please don't peek
You stay here til I find you
And when I find you baby I'll tell you what to do
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
I love to play games with you
Here's another game called kissing in the dark
We can play it in my room or over in the park
I'll go turn the lights all out
And when the game is over you know what it's about
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
I love to play games with you
Here's a little game called hide and go seek
Put your hands over your eyes and please don't peek
You stay here til I find you
And when I find you baby I'll tell you what to do
Baby wasn't that good
Oh honey, wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
I love to play games with you
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
Oh honey, wasn't that good
Wasn't that good
I love to play games with you

OoooOoooOooo-ah!
Well I rocked over Italy and I rocked over Spain
Rocked in Memphis, it was all the same.
'Till I rocked to Africa and rolled off the ship,
Seen them natives do an odd looking skip.
Parted the weeds and looked over the swamp,
And I seen them cats doing the Ubangi Stomp.

Ubangi stomp, reggae roll, beats any stomp that you ever been told.
Ubangi stomp, Ubangi style, when it hits it drives them Ubangi's wild.

Well I looked up the chief he invited me in,
He said, Hey big jam session's about to begin
He handed me a tom tom, I picked up the beat,
That crazy thing send shivers to my feet.
I rocked and I rolled, skipped with a smile,
Gonna Ubangi stomp man, Ubangi style.



Ubangi stomp, reggae roll, beats any stomp that you ever been told.
Ubangi stomp, Ubangi style, when it hits it drives them Ubangi's wild.

Well I rocked all night and part of the day,
Had a good rockin' time with the chief's daugher May.
We were making good time and gettin' to know,
When the Captain said, "Sorry we gotta go."
Well, well that's all right man now, go right ahead,
Gonna Ubangi stomp 'till I roll over dead.

Ubangi stomp, reggae roll, beats any stomp that you ever been told.
Ubangi stomp, Ubangi style, when it hits it drives them Ubangi's wild.

The trouble train is comin'
It's been rollin' through this town
Since I don't know when
The trouble train they call it
And once you're on it
You just can't get off it my friend

Don't get on that train again
It's rollin' and thunderin'
Round the bend
If you hear the devil call your name
Don't get on that trouble train
(Trouble train, trouble train)
If you hear the devil call your name
Don't get on that trouble train

The trouble tain is comin'
It's full of trouble souls
Who have gone astray
The trouble train is burnin'
It's puffing smoke and fire
And it's headed your way

Now don't get on that train again
It's a long way down
Please listen my friend
If you hear the devil call your name
Don't get on that trouble train
(Trouble train, trouble train)
If the devil's calling out your name
He's riding on that trouble train
(Trouble train)

The trouble train's left the station
It's claimed another soul
It'll come back again
The trouble train's damnation
Is a one-way ticket to the fiery end

Don't get on that train again
It's a long way down
Please listen my friend
If you hear the devil call your name
Don't get on that trouble train

Don't get on that train again
It's a long way down
Please listen my friend
If you hear the devil call your name
Don't get on that trouble train

written by D. Tiomkin and N. Washington

When you're young and so in love as we
And bewildered by the world we see
Why do people hurt us so
Only those in love would know
What a town without pity can do

If we stop to gaze upon a star
People talk about how bad we are
Ours is not an easy age
We're like tigers in a cage
What a town without pity can do

The young have problems, many problems
We need an understanding heart
Why don't they help us, try to help us
Before this clay and granite planet falls apart

Take these eager lips and hold me fast
I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last
How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two
What a town without pity can do

How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two
What a town without pity can do

No, it isn't very pretty
What a town without pity can do

This old house once knew its children
This old house once knew its wife
This old house was home and comfort
As they fought the storms of life

This old house once rang with laughter
This old house heard many shouts
Now it trembles in the darkness
When the lightning walks about

Ain't gonna need this house no longer
Ain't gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix the shingles
Ain't got time to fix the floor
Ain't got time to oil the hinges
Nor to mend the window pain
Ain't gonna need this house no longer
He's getting ready to meet the saints

This old house is gettin' shaky
This old house is gettin' old
This old house has seen the rain
This old house has seen the cold

Oh his knees are gettin' chilly
But he feels no fear or pain
'Cause he sees an angel peepin'
Through a broken window pane

Ain't gonna need this house no longer
Ain't gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix the shingles
Ain't got time to fix the floor
Ain't got time to oil the hinges
Nor to mend the window pain
Ain't gonna need this house no longer
He's getting ready to meet the saints

This old house is gettin' shaky
This old house is gettin' old
This old house has seen the rain
This old house has seen the cold

Oh his knees are gettin' chilly
But he feels no fear or pain
'Cause he sees an angel peepin'
Through a broken window pane

Ain't gonna need this house no longer
Ain't gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix the shingles
Ain't got time to fix the floor
Ain't got time to oil the hinges
Nor to mend the window pain
Ain't gonna need this house no longer
He's getting ready to meet the saints

This cat's on a hot tin roof
Drinkin' that whiskey, 96 proof
Don't need no doctor, don't feel no pain
My legs are just two steps ahead of my brain

This cat's on a hot tin roof
This cat's gonna shake it loose
This cat don't get the blues
'Cause this cat's shakin' on a hot tin roof

This cat's been out on the town
I'm the cat's meow, I'm the king with a crown
My head is spinnin' and I got the shakes
I can't stop now 'cause I got no brakes

This cat's on a hot tin roof
This cat's gonna shake it loose
This cat don't get the blues
'Cause this cat's shakin' on a hot tin roof

There ain't no point in holdin' me down
I'll kick and I'll scratch and I'll howl
Hey hound dog, get outta my way
'Cause this cat is on the prowl

This cat's on a hot tin roof
Jumpin' up and down like a long neck goose
Shimmy and shake, baby you can't fail
Rockin' so hard that it's off the scale

This cat's on a hot tin roof
This cat's gonna shake it loose
This cat don't get the blues
'Cause this cat's shakin' on a hot tin roof

She's got thing about you
Well take it from someone who knows and tries to track you down
And when he finds the girl he's gonna do you wrong
He knows the way you move
The way you smile
He feels the way I do about you
He's got a thing about you, take it from me
He just can't live without you
He's got a thing about
I want to set you free
But I think there's a fire still burnin thats the trouble with you
You're always gettin' burned but it never scars
He knows the way you move
The way you smile
I feel the way he does about you
He's got a thing about you, take it from me


He just can't live without you
He's got a thing about you

You wanna do what's right
Well thats what you tell all your friends but can you trust who you run to
Well you don't even know what's right for you
I know the way you move
The way you smile
I feel the way he does about you
I've got a thing about you, take it from me
I just can't live without you
I got a thing about you
I got a thing about you
Take it from me
I just can't live without you
I got a thing about you

written by B. Setzer

Now some people got it and some people don't
I'm talkin' 'bout gettin' all the things in life that you want
You can wish it might happen
You can call it dumb luck
But that guy's so lucky, he's just way much too much

He's the man with the magic touch
He's the man with the magic touch
Don't give me all that "got lucky" such and such
He's the man with the magic touch

He won an all-expenses-paid vacation on a cruise ship 'round the world
And when he gets home, he don't bother lookin' for no girl
He's got a straight to the ace
He got a royal flush
Baby go rub his back for good luck

He's the man with the magic touch
He's the man with the magic touch
Don't give me all that "got lucky" such and such
He's the man with the magic touch

He goes back to back, he goes hip to hip
He goes face to face, now here' s the tip
If he don't want it
He throws it right back
He knows some poor sucker's gonna take up the slack

He's the man with the magic touch
He's the man with the magic touch
Don't give me all that "got lucky" such and such
He's the man with the magic touch

My blood is percolatin'
I'm set for detonation
When it comes to good lovin'
He ain't hesitatin'
He's the man with the magic touch

So you think that you have found
A better life that you should live
And you're through givin' it all away
I wish there's something I could say
Like the time you looked into the mirror
And saw someone else lookin' back
I wish I could find the words
But there's nothing that even comes close

'cause there ain't nobody ever looked at me
Without lookin' right through me
There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Without lookin' right by me
And you can't go when the knife feels like justice

When the sun dies down, the air grows cold
And the moon plays tricks in the night
Crawlin' low like a snake out of sight
Your guide is the northern light
You wanna laugh say I'm insane
Don't have the sense to come in from the rain
I know how to keep myself between the drops

There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Without lookin' right through me


There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Without lookin' right by me
And you can't go when the knife feels like justice
Slip away
Slip away
Slip away
Slip away

So you think that you have won me over
By settin' me on fire
With the sound of your beating heart
And you're burnin' hot desire
Like the time I looked at your reflections
And saw someone else lookin' back
It's a shame things happen that way
'cause there's no one that even comes close

And there ain't nobody ever looked at me
Without lookin' right through me
There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Without lookin' right by me
And you can't go when the knife feels like justice
I said you can't go on when the blade tears inside you
You can't go on when the knife feels like justice

Well, the house is a-rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah the house is a-rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah the house is a-rockin'
Don't bother come on in

Kick off your shoes, start losin' the blues
This old house ain't got nothin' to lose
Seen it all for years, start spreadin' the news
We got room on the floor
Come on baby shake sumpin' loose

Well, the house is a-rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah the house is a-rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah the house is a-rockin'
Don't bother come on in

Walkin' up the street you can hear the sound
Of some bad honky-tonkers really layin' it down
They've seen it all for years and got nothin' to lose
So get out on the floor
Shimmy til you shake sumpin' loose

Well, the house is a-rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah the house is a-rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah the house is a-rockin'
Don't bother come on in

Setzer

Father Hennepin went down to Bennigan’s
To discuss the construction of the Hennepin Bridge
He had time to kill down by the flour mill
So he planned a picnic lunch on St Anthony Main

Now Father Hennepin he was notorious
And he liked a little drunk down at Nye’s Polanaise
His explorations were more than glorious
So they planned to build a bridge that would feature his name

Well, first Niagara and then St Anthony’s
Were discovered by the fella with the Hennepin name
But when the lock was filled on the lower falls
Eveyone was shoppin’ on the Nicollet Mall

And when the rope was cut on the Hennepin
Father Louis had a most unusual plan
He would take a dip in the Mississippi
He would dive from the centre and swim to the dam

When the time had come and he took the plunge
Everyone screamed: “My God, what has he done”
And though he tried to swim, the current carried him
Closer and closer to the brink of the falls

The people lined the banks of the Mississippi
To watch Father Hennepin go over the edge
The people there that day, they all swear they say
Father Hennepin was laughin’ as he fell to his death

> I got a little boogie but it ain't too clean
It's real low down and it's kinda mean
The dirty boogie
The dirty boogie
When I get low down, it's the dirty boogie for me
The dirty boogie
What's it called?
The dirty boogie
Hey you all
The dirty boogie
How's it go?
The dirty boogie
Not too slow
When I get low down, it's the dirty boogie for me
Well you rattle and shake, you moan and groan
A girl like you I could never bring home
The dirty boogie
The dirty boogie
When I get low down, it's the dirty boogie for me
The dirty boogie
What's it called?
The dirty boogie
Hey you all
The dirty boogie
How's it go?
The dirty boogie
Not too slow
When I get low down, it's the dirty boogie for me
They're shakin' their hips and scream and shout
And doin' things I can't even talk about
The dirty boogie
Catch my drift
The dirty boogie
When I get low down, it's the dirty boogie for me
The dirty boogie
What's it called?
The dirty boogie
Hey you all
The dirty boogie
How's it go?
The dirty boogie
Not too slow
When I get low down, it's the dirty boogie for me

Setzer

I got a lucky rabbit’s foot
I’ve got a loaded pair of dice
I hang the horseshoe over my bed
Because my luck’s been cold as ice
I love to watch that roulette wheel
Spinnin’ round and round
I place a bet at five to one
When my baby comes to town

I’m gonna love you baby with all my might
I’m gonna make you feel all right
You’re gonna love me baby like you said you would
Honey, just like a young girl should

Baby, take a chance on love, on love
Baby, take a chance on love
You’re the only one I’m dreamin’ of
Baby, take a chance, baby’s in a trace
Baby, take a chance on love

My lucky thirteen black cat bones
And my lady luck tattoo
I got a hoodoo voodoo doll
And a photograph of you
I’m gonna cast a magic spell
A magic spell of love
And then I’ll put you in my trance
My magic trance of love

I’m gonna love you baby with all my might
I’m gonna make you feel all right
You’re gonna love me baby like you said you would
Honey, just like a young girl should

Baby, take a chance on love, on love
Baby, take a chance on love
You’re the only one I’m dreamin’ of
Baby, take a chance, baby’s in a trace
Baby, take a chance on love

I’m gonna take this step by step
I’m gonna take this seriously
I’m gonna take things one at a time
Because I love you obviously
But if you just wanna break my heart
Don’t be wasting my time
‘Cause with you from the very start
Our love was a felony crime

I’m gonna love you baby with all my might
I’m gonna make you feel all right
You’re gonna love me baby like you said you would
Honey, just like a young girl should

Baby, take a chance on love, on love
Baby, take a chance on love
You’re the only one I’m dreamin’ of
Baby, take a chance, baby take a chance
Baby, take a chance, baby’s in a trance
Baby, take a chance, baby take a chance
Baby, take a chace on love

written by B. Setzer

Switchblade 327
Lit cigarette in his hand
Steel-toed boots on the accelerator
Oil leakin' outta the pan

Switchblade, three two-barrels
Gettin' there as fast as he can
All juiced up like a hot carburetor
Spittin' gas onto the fan

Blacktop burnout, Saturday night
Try to catch him if you can

Switchblade 327
Switchblade, seven come eleven
Switchblade, he's all right
When he gets drunk he fights all night

Switchblade 327
Pullin' way ahead of the pack
Chop top deuce, Saturday night
Flames shootin' outta the back

Switchblade, don't cut him off
He won't cut you no slack
He'll cut you to ribbons if you come to town
He'll carve his name in your back

Blacktop burnout, Saturday night
Try to catch him if you can

Switchblade 327
Switchblade, seven come eleven
Switchblade, he's all right
When he gets drunk he fights all night

Switchblade 327
Someone was calling his name
All he could hear was his engine
And the sound of the pouring down rain

Switchblade 327
Ran 125 down the lane
But someone had cut both his fuel lines
And the '32 burst into flames

Blacktop burnout, Saturday night
Try to catch him if you can

Switchblade 327
Switchblade, seven come eleven
Switchblade, he's all right
When he gets drunk he fights all night (repeat)

Well I'm a gonna raise a fuss
I'm a gonna raise a holler
Bout workin all summer just to try to earn a dollar
Well the time to go on baby tryin to get a date
Boss says no date son you gotta work late
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But their ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Well my mom and pop told me son you gotta make some money
If you want to use the car then go right on next Sunday
Well I didn't go to work told the boss I was sick
Now you can't use the car cause you didn't work a lick
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But their ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Gonna take two weeks gonna have a fine vacation
Gonna take my problem to the United Nation
Well I called my congress man and he said quote
I would like to help ya son but you're to young to vote
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But their ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well Lord I got to raise a fuss
Lord I got to raise a holler
Well I been working all summer
Just to try and earn a dollar
Well Lord I tried to call my baby
I tried to get a date

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm a-gonna do
Lord there ain't no cure
For the summertime blues

Well my mom and papa told me
"Son, you got to make some money
Well if you wanna to use the car
and go riding next Sunday"

Well Lord I didn't go to work
I told the boss I was sick, he said

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm a-gonna do
Lord there ain't no cure
For the summertime blues

I got to take three weeks
I got to have a fun vacation
I got to take my problem
To the United Nations

I done told my congressman
And he said quote
"Dig this, boy"

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm a-gonna do
Lord there ain't no cure
For the summertime blues

I got to take three weeks
I got to take a fun vacation
I'd like to take my problem
To the United Nation

I done told my congressman
And he said quote
"Dig this, boy"

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm a-gonna do
Lord there ain't no cure
For the summertime blues

Oh, ain't no cure

Stray Cat Strut
by Stray Cats

Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence.
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent.
I'm flat broke and I don't care.
I strut right by with my tail in the air.

Stray cat strut [I'm a ladies' cat].
I'm a feline Casanova [Hey! Man that's that].
Get a shoe thrown at me by a mean old man.
Get my dinner from a garbage can.

I don't bother chasin' mice around. Oh no.
I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight.
Howlin' at the moon on a hot summer night.

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry.
Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy.
I wish I could be as carefree and wild.
But I got cat class and I got cat style.

I don't bother chasin' mice around.
I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight.
Howlin' at the moon on a hot summer night.

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry.
Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy.
I wish I could be as carefree and wild.
But I got cat class and I got cat style.

Stray Cat Strut
by Stray Cats

Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence.
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent.
I'm flat broke and I don't care.
I strut right by with my tail in the air.

Stray cat strut [I'm a ladies' cat].
I'm a feline Casanova [Hey! Man that's that].
Get a shoe thrown at me by a mean old man.
Get my dinner from a garbage can.

I don't bother chasin' mice around. Oh no.
I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight.
Howlin' at the moon on a hot summer night.

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry.
Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy.
I wish I could be as carefree and wild.
But I got cat class and I got cat style.

I don't bother chasin' mice around.
I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight.
Howlin' at the moon on a hot summer night.

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry.
Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy.
I wish I could be as carefree and wild.
But I got cat class and I got cat style.

Stray Cat Strut
by Stray Cats

Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence.
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent.
I'm flat broke and I don't care.
I strut right by with my tail in the air.

Stray cat strut [I'm a ladies' cat].
I'm a feline Casanova [Hey! Man that's that].
Get a shoe thrown at me by a mean old man.
Get my dinner from a garbage can.

I don't bother chasin' mice around. Oh no.
I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight.
Howlin' at the moon on a hot summer night.

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry.
Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy.
I wish I could be as carefree and wild.
But I got cat class and I got cat style.

I don't bother chasin' mice around.
I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight.
Howlin' at the moon on a hot summer night.

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry.
Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy.
I wish I could be as carefree and wild.
But I got cat class and I got cat style.

Stray Cat Strut
by Stray Cats

Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence.
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent.
I'm flat broke and I don't care.
I strut right by with my tail in the air.

Stray cat strut [I'm a ladies' cat].
I'm a feline Casanova [Hey! Man that's that].
Get a shoe thrown at me by a mean old man.
Get my dinner from a garbage can.

I don't bother chasin' mice around. Oh no.
I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight.
Howlin' at the moon on a hot summer night.

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry.
Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy.
I wish I could be as carefree and wild.
But I got cat class and I got cat style.

I don't bother chasin' mice around.
I slink down the alley lookin' for a fight.
Howlin' at the moon on a hot summer night.

Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry.
Wild stray cat you're a real gone guy.
I wish I could be as carefree and wild.
But I got cat class and I got cat style.

Fifteen man taken captive in a hostile foreign land
Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of sand
A mideast country being ruled
By a man who thinks it's fun
To hold our people in return
For a sjah that's on the run

I think it's funny
Freedom takes money

It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Well that's tough shit
Man it's no fun
Storm the Iranian embassy
Before they start shootin' down you and me

Scourge of suits in control
Of the diplomaticness
While the nations of the world
Look on and they care less
The Soviet Union won't agree
To an economic plan
And then they laugh and march their troops into Afghanistan

Orders from Moscow
Invade Teheran now

It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Well that's tough shit
Man it's no fun
Storm the Iranian embassy
Before they start shootin' at you and me

A nation worries and reads the papers
Hoping that no-one has died
Hearin' rumours that the hostages
Will soon be tried as spies
Demonstrations on the street
Saying that the end is near
The man from New York Times on vacation
Wants to know what happened here

aggressive acts now
We want the best now
Fifteen moms crying
Is my son dying ?

It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Well that's tough shit
Man it's no fun
Storm the Iranian embassy
Before they start shootin' at you and me

I'm travelling on the stairway to nowhere
Wishing (wishing) you'd come back to me
I'm travelling on the stairway to nowhere
Knowing (knowing) that you hold the key

Well, I saw you last night with another
And the tears so freely fell as I held her tight
Travelling on the stairway to nowhere
Wishing (wishing) you'd come back to me

I'm travelling on the stairway to nowhere
Wishing (wishing) you'd come back to me
I'm travelling on the stairway to nowhere
Knowing (knowing) that you hold the key

Well, I saw you last night with another

And the tears so freely fell as I held her tight
Travelling on the stairway to nowhere
Wishing (wishing) you'd come back to me

I'm travelling on the stairway to nowhere
Wishing (wishing) you'd come back to me
I'm travelling on the stairway to nowhere
Knowing (knowing) that you hold the key

Well, I saw you last night with another
And the tears so freely fell as I held her tight
Travelling on the stairway to nowhere
Wishing (wishing) you'd come back to me

Yeah, punch my card at five o'clock
Friday night and I'm ready to rock
Hit the switch, spin the dial
Can't find nothing with a rockin' style
Something's wrong with my radio
It says slow down, I say go
They might stare, but baby I don't care
We're gonna rock rock rock
Grease my hair count my dough
Tell that D.J. where to go
Try to listen for a little while
But long-haired music it cramps my style
Something's wrong with my radio
It says slow down, I say go
They might stare, but baby I don't care
We're gonna rock rock rock
Well hunk my horn in jumps my gal
Just one look and it straightens her curls
Radio is off I have a hunch
Radio station is out to lunch
Something's wrong with my radio
It says slow down but I say go
They might stare, but baby I don't care
We're gonna rock rock rock
Something's wrong with my radio
Something's wrong with my radio
Oooh, there is something wrong with my radio
Something's wrong with my radio
They might stare, but baby I don't care
We're gonna rock rock rock